Moffat County is known for its stalwart farmers and ranchers as well as those who work long hours in the mine. It’s a community that works hard for what they have, enduring cold, long winters and a sense of isolation at times.

With liquor stores and churches on nearly every corner in the Craig community, a person can find salvation or a bottle of liquor to soothe troubles and sorrows associated with the rural lifestyle. But there are times when neither seems to do the trick, and extreme and irrevocable measures could be taken.

Whether contemplating or attempting suicide, it’s a tough subject to seek help for, and one the Craig community seems reluctant to discuss.

Ronna Autrey, founder of Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide in Steamboat, or REPS, said her organization has had a difficult time keeping a suicide support group together in Craig.

“I just feel like it's no man’s land,” Autrey said. “It just makes me sick, because we need one over there.”

With a thriving group in Steamboat, Autrey said she can’t understand why support groups don’t seem to make it in Craig. Sometimes starting with enough members, by the second meeting, Autrey said attendance has dwindled to one or two people.

“You can’t get anything accomplished like that,” Autrey said.

Even looking in the archives of the Craig Daily Press, stories abound about new suicide support groups and training courses offered throughout the years in the community. None seem to continue today.